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My Work

Forum Postings

Jacob's Room

Jawless Sheep's Skull - I cleared up the confusion of "changed" description of the skull, and had an inquiry on JHe's statement.
The Strange Thing About Life - I gave my opinion on the meaning of a Virginia Woolf quote she uses in the novel.
Jacob's rooms. - Here I stated what I think about the significance of Jacob's rooms.
Tangible Darkness - I gave my interpretation of a particular quote on darkness and its relation to death.
Jacob to the window - One of my reasonings for why Jacob is always looking out his windows.
Chaos vs. Cosmos - I explained my belief that chaos is inevitable and is a constant in our lives.
Beautiful Passages - I put out my own understanding of a particular beautiful passage.

The Making of A Poem

Ballad:
Why So Male-Oriented?- My question as to why the balladeer is rarely a woman.
The Ballads Today - I described how the ballad must fit the song, and vice versa, and how that is not a simple process.
What Makes a Ballad Great? - To me, what makes a ballad great.
Blank Verse, Heroic Couplet, Stanza:
Then Why Read? - My thoughts on why how something is said is just as important as what is said.
Closest to Human Speech? - Thoughts on blank verse and the way artists express themselves.
Random Question - When deviation is good versus bad.
The Prelude - My comments on the said poem.
better without rhyme? - My take on whether poetry is better with or without rhyme.
Saying Yes - What I think the meaning of the poem is - perhaps, "Whatever happens, happens."
Too Many Hyphens - The hyphens in Dickinson's poem were necessary.
Stanzas Purpose - The stanza's structure can highlight the stresses of the poem.
The Elegy/Pastoral:
The Thought-Fox - Relax our minds in order to refocus.
From the Porch - Missing the old days.
What makes these poems? - Definition of poem open to interpretation.
Nature - My definition of what nature is.
The Bear - Why I think it's in poem form.
Remembered Morning - Why I think it's in the present tense.
Waiting for the Storm - Metaphor or just an experience?
Mock Orange - The feeling of the poem and why.
gender specified vehicles? - How I don't think it is against women in general.
Child Burial - What struck me about this poem.
Pygmalion's Image - My thoughts on the comparison.
Ave Maria - The purpose of its structure.
Media Coverage - The significance of the media in our reactions to poetry.
The Thought-Fox - My idea of what a thought-fox is or represents.

She Stoops to Conquer

Miss Hardcastle and Marlow - I gave my opinion for why Miss Hardcastle maintains an interest in Marlow.
Deception as a theme - My support of deception as a theme, and what the point of it was.
Significance of title - What I think the title means, and how the theme relates to our time.
How Everything Went Wrong Made Everything Go Right? - Overanalyzing can be necessary, and my comment about the plays abnormality.
The Equations - I gave and explained my partnership's equation.

As I Lay Dying

Peabody's Help - My opinion on Dewey Dell's pregnancy and what she wants.
Darl Knows - Did Darl know about Anse's motives the whole time?
Anse's Burden - Why Anse was his own burden.
Was Addie a Good Mother? - On how I don't think Addie was a good mother.
As I lay rotting - My view on the mistreatment of Addie's coffin, and how we could still find verities of the human heart in such a morbid novel.
Darl in WWI - Whether Darl's wartime experiences played a significant role for his character.
The Wedding Dress - What Addie's wearing of her wedding dress could mean.
Eyes - What the description of the eyes had to do with the novel as a whole.
Scarlett Letter - How the novel does and doesn't relate to TSL.
Failed Heroism - My explanation for the incidences of heroism and that which failed.

The Cherry Orchard

Strange Vanya - My take on Uncle Vanya.
What an ending - It was a clean, concise ending.
They're Gone... - The reason for the repetition of that quote.
Laughter (Or Lack Thereof) - Why Yelena would laugh at seemingly inappropriate times.
The Format of the Movie - How the movie helped with the mood of the play.
Who Knows? - The possibilities of what Tropimov was referring to in a quote.
somewhat random - How I feel about certain quotes of Vanya and Sonya.

The Crying of Lot 49

the end - Why the ending is significant and justified.
Power of the Mind - How Oedipa's thoughts affected her world.
Much More - What significance Mucho's name could have.
Oedipa Oedipus - The link that can be drawn between the two characters.
Meaningless details? - Why I don't think any details included were unimportant.
Oedipa's Attractiveness - Why I think men are attracted to Oedipa's character.

The Things They Carried

"Mary Anne Belle" continued - An analysis of Mary Anne's change.
American casualties - My thoughts on the soldiers' reactions to death.
The thing about remembering - A reflection on remembering.
Measurements - The introduction was just right.
start? - I liked the Jimmy Cross chapter at the start of the novel.
The Man I Killed cont. - Truth can be extracted from the story.
Do you still feel emotion? - My reactions to the fictional stories.
Fight or Run? - We all perform acts of "cowardice."

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Main Themes - On the topic of trust.
Contradictions - Thinking before we speak.
Trust - What needed to be done for Mary.
Acting - Why the family chose denial.
Eugene=Edmund - Why O'Neill didn't use his name to represent himself.
Who causes addiction? - Who I think is to blame for the addiction.
House or Home - The definition of what a home is, and why Mary doesn't feel it.
Oh boy, another Oedipus reference - I don't think it was an Oedipus reference.

Invisible Cities

Women's names - Why I think the cities are named after women.
poetic prose - I think that the sections can be known as a form of poetry.
Dark City - How the movie correlated to the novel.
Seriously... - What I thought about the movie.
Trude - Could represent his want of a new life.
Zirma? - Cities are different for different people.
irony - Our lives are constantly chaotic.
Ceasing to See - Losing the details due to habit.
Creator of the world - Our control of how we react.

Essays

Reading versus Hearing - How an aloud reading is a significant aid.
Eager Fools - My idea of a fool and how I can see them as heroes.
He Does Make a Good Point - My agreement and disagreement with the presented quotes.
Impossible - It's impossible to compare with God, but not impossible to imitate nature.
But What About Beauty? - Beauty is not a good substitute for difficulty.

Collaborations

(non-post pages made with others)
Virginia's Drawing Room - A picture I found of Woolf and her father.
another link to another collab -

Discussions

links to discussion pages (see tab above) to which you've contributed

External Links

Carmel Catholic
brtom.org





This page was last revised by Sha-c on May 23, 2008 4:43 pm.